30 million people have died from HIV-related illnesses, 34 million
are currently living with HIV and 7,000 new infections occur every day.
The annual rate of new infections fell by nearly 25% between 2001 and
2009 but between 2008 and 2010, HIV increased from 44% to 50% among sex
workers globally and from 30% to 36% among men who have sex with men.
Prevalence among intravenous drug users remained at 28%. The number of
people receiving antiretroviral therapy rose 22-fold, with 6.6 million
people on treatment by December 2010. However, nine million people who
qualify for treatment still do not receive it.

In 2010, 92% of countries had programmes on stigma and
discrimination, but less than half were funded. 47 countries still
impose some form of travel restriction on people living with HIV, while
56 countries have laws criminalising HW transmission or exposure. Some
aspect of sex work is criminalised in 116 countries, while 79 countries
criminalise consensual same-sex sexual relations, including 85% of
countries in eastern and southern Africa, 81% in the Middle East and
North Africa, and 69% in the Caribbean. (1,2)